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Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Promotion to first Lieutenant-capture of the City of Mexico-the Army-Mexican soldiers- peace negotiations (search)
ca, fifty miles south of the City of Mexico; of Toluca, nearly as far west, and of Pachuca, a mining town of great importance, some sixty miles to the north-east. Vera Cruz, Jalapa, Orizaba, and Puebla were already in our possession. Meanwhile the Mexican government had departed in the person of Santa Anna, and it looked doubtful for a time whether the United States commissioner, Mr. Trist, would find anybody to negotiate with. A temporary government, however, was soon established at Queretaro, and Trist began negotiations for a conclusion of the war. Before terms were finally agreed upon he was ordered back to Washington, but General Scott prevailed upon him to remain, as an arrangement had been so nearly reached, and the administration must approve his acts if he succeeded in making such a treaty as had been contemplated in his instructions. The treaty was finally signed the 2d of February, 1848, and accepted by the government at Washington. It is that known as the Treaty of
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter IX (search)
he rest of the story — which has necessarily been but an outline — is soon told. Maximilian, though deserted, determined to hold out to the last, and with the aid of disloyal Mexicans stuck to his cause till the spring. When taken prisoner at Queretaro, he was tried and executed under circumstances that are well known. From promptings of humanity Secretary Seward tried hard to save the Imperial prisoner, but without success. The Secretary's plea for mercy was sent through me at New Orleans, and to make speed I hired a steamer to proceed with it across the Gulf to Tampico. The document was carried by Sergeant White, one of my scouts, who crossed the country from Tampico, and delivered it to Escobedo at Queretaro; but Mr. Seward's representations were without avail-refused probably because little mercy had been shown certain Liberal leaders unfortunate enough to fall into Maximilian's hands during the prosperous days of his Empire. At the close of our war there was little hope
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1, Chapter 27: in the Thirtieth Congress, 1847-48. (search)
s for the chairmanship of the Committee on Military Affairs was made clear. His election to the position, during the session of the Thirty-first Congress, was nearly unanimous--thirty — two votes having been given for him, to five for all others. The proposed increase of the army, however, was never made on the lines of the Cass bill. Before Congress could perfect the necessary legislation events had moved toward pacification. The flitting Government had become rooted long enough at Queretaro to propose and consider terms of peace. On July 6th President Polk laid before Congress copies of a treaty of peace between the United States and the Mexican republic, the ratifications of which had been exchanged at that city on the 30th of May previous. On April 14th a bill to provide for the repair and improvement of the dam at the head of Cumberland Island brought up, incidentally, the policy of internal improvements. Calhoun spoke in favor of the bill. Although holding to the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Elective franchise. (search)
ntention; must have resided in State one year, county three months, town or precinct thirty days; persons convicted of crime punishable by imprisonment, idiots or insane excluded from suffrage. Arkansas Citizen or alien who has declared intention; must have resided in State one year, county six months, precinct thirty days; persons convicted of felony, until pardoned, failing to pay poll tax, idiots or insane excluded. California Citizen by nativity, naturalization or treaty of Queretaro; must have resided in State one year, county ninety (lays, precinct thirty days; Chinese, insane, embezzlers of public moneys, convicted of infamous crime excluded. Colorado Citizen or alien who has declared intention four months previous to offering to vote; must have resided in State six months, county ninety days, town or precinct ten days; persons under guardianship, in prison, insane or idiots excluded. Connecticut Citizen who can read constitution or statutes; must have r
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maximilian, Ferdinand Joseph 1832- (search)
ment, that the empire in Mexico and the presence of French troops there could not be regarded with favor by the citizens of the United States. The Emperor of the French acted upon this hint. He suggested the propriety of the abdication of Maximilian, but the latter would not consent, for he relied upon French arms to sustain him. His wife went to Europe to have an interview with the Emperor and also with the Pope, but the boon was refused, and her mind gave way under the pressure of her anxiety. Napoleon perfidiously abandoned Maximilian by withdrawing his troops, and left the latter to his fate, who, after struggling for a while to maintain his power, was captured by the Mexicans at Queretaro on May 14, 1867. He was shot, with two of his generals, on June 19. A vessel was sent from Austria, under the command of a vice-admiral, to convey his remains to his native country, and they were interred in the imperial vault in January, 1868. His wife yet (1901) lives, hopelessly insane.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Salm-Salm, Prince Felix 1828- (search)
d States in 1861; joined the National army as colonel and served throughout the Civil War; brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers, April 15, 1865; served in Mexico under Emperor Maximilian, to whom he was an aide-de-camp; and was captured at Queretaro. He returned to Europe after the execution of Maximilian; rejoined the Prussian army; and was killed in the battle of Gravelotte, near Metz, Alsace, Aug. 13, 1870. His wife, Agnes Leclerq, born in Baltimore, Md., in 1842; educated in Philadelphia, Pa.; married the prince Aug. 30, 1862: accompanied him through all his military campaigns in the South, where she performed useful service in field-hospitals. After the capture of her husband at Queretaro she rode to San Luis Potosi and vainly besought President Juarez to secure the freedom of Maximilian and her Husband. She raised a hospital brigade with which she did much good in the Franco-Prussian War. She visited America in 1900 for the purpose of presenting the old battle-flags
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Texas, (search)
.....Feb. 16, 1846 J. P. Henderson inaugurated first governor of the State......Feb. 19, 1846 Fort Brown at Brownsville established......March 28, 1846 Battle of Palo Alto, May 8, and of Resaca de la Palma......May 9, 1846 Act of congress sets apart one-tenth of the general revenues of the State for educational purposes......May 13, 1846 Baylor University at Waco chartered 1845, and opened......1846 Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo concluded Feb. 2; ratification exchanged at Queretaro, May 30, and proclaimed......July 4, 1848 Austin city chosen as the seat of government for twenty years by vote of the people......1850 Texas formally accepts the boundary designated by the boundary bill for New Mexico, approved Sept. 9, 1850, by which Texas is to receive $10,000,000 from the United States......Nov. 25, 1852 First overland mail from San Diego, Cal., arrives at San Antonio......Sept. 6, 1857 Enthusiastic Union meeting held at Austin......Dec. 23, 1860 Brig.-G
The Daily Dispatch: November 16, 1860., [Electronic resource], Further from Mexico. (search)
f their number were instantly killed. So far, however, from arresting their progress, this only infuriated them the more, and forcing their way in by six different breaches at the same time, they bayonetted the enemy at their works and slaughtered all who stood in their way. The execution of the opposing General, Castillo and his officers, is doubtless to be attributed to this infuriated spirit. The same writer says that Gen. Marquez, at the head of some 4,000 to 5,000 Reactionary troops, had occupied Queretaro. He adds that before the evacuation of the town by the Liberals, they seized all the church plate they could lay their hands on, from which they realized something like $100,000. At the city of Mexico, no actual change had taken place up to the 20th, or latest date, but it was generally believed at Vera Cruz, that there would be no protracted resistance on the approach of the Constitutional army. All parties were alike averse to a renewal of the bloody scenes of Tacubays.
The Daily Dispatch: March 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], The reorganization of Mexico. (search)
zation of the Federal courts, and a law in reference to jurors in criminal trials had already been prepared and would soon be published. At the capital, it was reported that the Government had resolved to appeal directly to the people, not only for the choice by popular vote of a new City Council, but of all minor magistrates — a proposition which found great favor. "Elected by the people, " says the Siglo, "the tribunals will have the true independence contemplated by the Constitution, and this independence will be the best guarantee of the good administration of justice." The papers of the capital record the arrival of a conducts of $300,000 from Queretaro, and arrangements were in progress for the safe transportation, as formerly, of the products of all the mines to their destination. In the meantime the law confiscating the property of the Church, with the regulations which are to govern in its disposition, had been published, and is at once to go into operation.
The Daily Dispatch: November 12, 1860., [Electronic resource], article 8 (search)
Mexican advices. New Orleans, Nov. 09. --Later Mexican advices say that Marquese, with 5,000 men, had occupied Queretaro. The Liberals have seized $100,000 of treasure belonging to the Church.
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